Most actively traded companies on the TSX

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (13,841.92, up 83.54 points):

Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX:NKO). Oil and gas. Down 4.5 cents, or 23.08 per cent, to 15 cents on seven million shares.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM). Miner. Up nine cents, or 1.32 per cent, to $6.92 on 5.1 million shares.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Miner. Up 33 cents, or 11.15 per cent, to $3.29 on 4.2 million shares.

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS). Oil and gas. Up eight cents, or 0.82 per cent, to $9.85 on 4.1 million shares.

Asanko Gold Inc. (TSX:AKG). Miner. Up one cent, or 0.44 per cent, to $2.27 on 3.8 million shares.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Oil and gas. Up 87 cents, or 2.87 per cent, to $31.15 on 3.8 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Air Canada (TSX:AC). Airline. Up 45 cents, or 4.22 per cent, to $11.12 on 1.3 million shares. Air Canada says it has reached a tentative, 10-year contract deal with the union representing more than 7,000 of its flight attendants. Terms of the agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees were not disclosed pending a ratification vote by union members and acceptance by the Air Canada board of directors.

Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP). Transportation. Up $6.50, or 3.42 per cent, to $196.72 on 402,169 shares. Canadian Pacific Railway beat analyst expectations as it posted record third-quarter revenues despite a 20 per cent decline in carloads of crude, which had been a growth area for CP prior to last year’s collapse in oil prices. Revenues for the Calgary-based railway rose to $1.709 billion in the three months ended Sept. 30, up two per cent from the third quarter of 2014.